| Lyle Blackburn | |
| Birthname: | Robert Lyle Steadham |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Othername: | Count Lyle |
| Occupation: | Musician, actor, and author |
| Years Active: | 1988–present |
| Website: | http://www.lyleblackburn.com |
Lyle Blackburn (born Robert Lyle Steadham; October 23, 1966) is an American musician and author.[1] Blackburn has authored four books and either narrated or produced several documentary films related to cryptids, and has been a speaker at multiple cryptozoology and Bigfoot-related conventions.[2] [3] [4]
Blackburn authored The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster, a 2012 book about the Fouke Monster, and is a writer for Rue Morgue magazine. He has narrated three documentary films: The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017, and for which he was also executive producer and co-writer), The Bray Road Beast (2018), and Terror in the Skies (2019). He also co-produced the 2016 film Boggy Creek Monster.
As a musician, Blackburn started with the group Solitude Aeturnus (1988–1995), first as the drummer and then as the bassist. He left to found The Killcreeps (1996) and then later the band Ghoultown (1999), of which he is currently the lead singer/guitarist.[5] He has one sister.[6]
| Year | Title | class=unsortable | Notes | class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | American Nightmare | Direct-to-video film; wrote "After 2", "Boots of Hell", "Humanoids from the Deep", "Killer in Texas", and "10 Seconds to Blood" | |||
| 2003 | Hallow's End | Direct-to-video film; wrote "Bury the Hatchet" | |||
| 2004 | Suburban Nightmare | Direct-to-video film; wrote "Killin's a Bitch" | |||
| 2012 | Butcher Boys | Wrote "Under the Phantom Moon" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class=unsortable | Notes | class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | American Nightmare | Ghoultown (as Count Lyle) | Direct-to-video film | |||
| 2006 | Return of the Jackalope | Ghoultown (as Count Lyle) | ||||
| 2013 | Skookum: The Hunt for Bigfoot | Special thanks (post-production) | ||||
| 2016 | Boggy Creek Monster | Himself | Also co-producer | |||
| 2017 | The Mothman of Point Pleasant | Narrator | Also executive producer and co-writer | |||
| 2018 | The Bray Road Beast | Narrator | [7] | |||
| 2019 | Terror in the Skies | Narrator | ||||
| Year | Title | Role | class=unsortable | Notes | class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Monsters and Mysteries in America | Himself | Episode: Ozarks | |||